A legal officer of the National Bureau of Investigation was suspended from practice of law for three months for immorality arising from an extra-marital affair.
The Supreme Court found lawyer Leonardo Advincula guilty of immorality and imposed on him a three month suspension with stern warning of a severe penalty against him should he commit the same or similar offense
The high tribunal also required the NBI’s personnel division to enforce the suspension order and to report on his compliance with the directive.
The SC noted that the extramarital affair was carried on by respondent before he became a lawyer.
The Integrated Bar of the Philippines Committee on Bar Discipline recommended a penalty of one month suspension from the practice of law which the IBP Board of Governors increased to two months.The SC agreed with the finding of the IBP Board of Governors, but it increased the penalty to three months.